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About Porter Anderson

Porter Anderson is a journalist, critic, speaker, and consultant, whose weekly Writing on the Ether column on publishing is read at JaneFriedman.com on Thursdays. His Ether for Authors, the second in the Ether franchise, is read on Mondays at PublishingPerspectives.com. Anderson is also a regular contributor with Writer Unboxed and produces live social-media coverage of publishing conventions. His Porter Anderson Media is a media partner with the London Book Fair. In 30 years' time, he has worked with CNN USA, CNN International, CNN.com, CNN.com Live, The Village Voice, the Dallas Times Herald, and other media outlets. He also has filled a P-5 diplomatic post for the United Nations -- an assignment to Rome for the World Food Programme -- and he has worked in Copenhagen as executive producer with INDEX: Design to Improve Life, the Danish government's program in humanitarian design under the patronage of HRH Frederik, Prince of Denmark. Anderson holds a BA from William and Mary, an MA from the University of Michigan , and an MFA from Florida State. He has done special readings at the University of Bath (UK) and is a Fellow with the National Critics Institute. He is based in Tampa. Visit him at PorterAnderson.com.

Be sure you talk to the king and queen. That wise word of advice, when Wiley’s David Goehring mentioned it late on Monday, was an echo. Perseus’ Rick Joyce had opened the day with a keynote address that turned on exploration, a theme Joyce balanced atop the 1899 Columbus Circle monument as elucidated by...

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